The Effects of Poststroke Aerobic Exercise on Neuroplasticity: A Systematic Review of Animal and Clinical Studies

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-28

  Ploughman, Michelle ^a   Austin, Mark W ^a   Glynn, Lindsay ^a   Corbett, Dale ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; BDNF; Cerebrovascular; Neuroplasticity; Neurotrophins; Rehabilitation; Review; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE PATIENT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONVALESCENCE; DENDRITE; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; SYNAPSE;

AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DENDRITES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84921357569     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-014-0357-7     Document Type: Review

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